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 |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| entity | being |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |