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 |
|---|---|
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| aria | air |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |