GRE Word List
DECORUM
literary and dramatic propriety : fitness
The meaning of the word decorum is literary and dramatic propriety : fitness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| reckon | count |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| historic | historical |