GRE Word List
DECORUM
literary and dramatic propriety : fitness
The meaning of the word decorum is literary and dramatic propriety : fitness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
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| douse | to plunge into water |
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