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 |
|---|---|
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |