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 |
|---|---|
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |