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 |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
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| pander | to act as a pander |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |