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 |
|---|---|
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| lewd | obscene |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |