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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bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
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usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
scintilla | spark |
ligneous | of or resembling wood |
miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
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