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 |
|---|---|
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| dissension | disagreement |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| seemly | good-looking |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |