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 |
|---|---|
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |