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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mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
ficklemarked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness
waketo be or remain awake
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
uproariousmarked by uproar
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
rivetinghaving the power to fix the attention : engrossing
monochromea painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction