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 |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |