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 |
|---|---|
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| romp | one that romps |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |