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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WordMeaning
ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as
balmyhaving the qualities of balm : soothing
alcovea small recessed section of a room : nook
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
manneredhaving manners of a specified kind
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
fouloffensive to the senses : loathsome