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 |
|---|---|
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| actuary | clerk |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |