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 |
|---|---|
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| sibling | sib |