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 |
|---|---|
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |