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 |
|---|---|
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| 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") |