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 |
|---|---|
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |