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 |
|---|---|
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |