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 |
|---|---|
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |