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 |
|---|---|
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| farce | stuff |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |