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 |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |