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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |