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 |
|---|---|
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| concordat | compact |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |