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.

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WordMeaning
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
zanyvery eccentric (see eccentric
thralla state of servitude or submission
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
abaseto lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem
affectedartificial; pretended
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
nourishnurture