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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bastiona projecting part of a fortification
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incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
insubstantialnot substantial: such as
brittleeasily broken, cracked, or snapped
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
daintysomething delicious to the taste