GRE Word List
DECORUM
literary and dramatic propriety : fitness
The meaning of the word decorum is literary and dramatic propriety : fitness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| aptitude | inclination |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |