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 |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| impinge | encroach |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |