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 |
|---|---|
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |