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 |
|---|---|
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |