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 |
|---|---|
| deify | to make a god of |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| arid | excessively dry |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |