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 |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| primal | original |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |