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 |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |