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 |
|---|---|
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |