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 |
|---|---|
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |