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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|---|---|
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| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
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| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |