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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incorrigibleincapable of being corrected or amended: such as
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
ricketyaffected with rickets
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
palatethe roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
riddlea mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum