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 |
|---|---|
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |