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 |
|---|---|
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| fluke | flatfish |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |