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 |
|---|---|
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| scintilla | spark |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
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| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |