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 |
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |