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 |
|---|---|
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |