GRE Word List
DECORUM
literary and dramatic propriety : fitness
The meaning of the word decorum is literary and dramatic propriety : fitness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |