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 |
|---|---|
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| provenance | origin |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |