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 |
|---|---|
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |