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
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
irremediablenot remediable
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
ascribeto refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing
primpto dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner
celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
premeditateto think about and revolve in the mind beforehand
besmirchto cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience