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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WordMeaning
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
craveto ask for earnestly : beg
microcosma little world
frugalitythe quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
preposterouscontrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
rapporta friendly, harmonious relationship
forwardnear, being at, or belonging to the forepart
conclusiveof, relating to, or being a conclusion