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
engenderbeget
dislodgeto drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage
maledictioncurse
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quenchput out
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
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