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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| pitfall | trap |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |