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 |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |