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 |
|---|---|
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| brook | creek |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |