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

WordMeaning
recuperateto get back : regain
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
cataclysmflood
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
paradigmexample
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
outspokendirect and open in speech or expression : frank
encomiasticone that praises : eulogist
modulateto tune to a key or pitch