GRE Word List
DECOROUS
marked by propriety and good taste : correct
The meaning of the word decorous is marked by propriety and good taste : correct.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| slew | a large number |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |