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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| contest | strive |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |