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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |