✅ Okay means that something is tolerable, neither especially good nor especially bad (The new restaurant is okay).

✅ Middling means that something is mediocre, not good or bad but also uninteresting or uninspiring (The essay was middling).

✅ Both of these terms describe things that are not really good or bad but somewhere in the middle.

✅ Okay and middling can also both mean that you’re in decent health (I’m feeling okay; I’m middling, but at least I’m on the mend).

✅ Must refers to something that is necessary (A good knowledge of anatomy is a must if you want to draw figures).

✅ Requisite refers to something that is necessary for a particular purpose or profession (I fulfilled the requisites of education and training).

✅ Both of these words refer to necessary and indispensable things.

✅ Must is more of an informal slang term. Requisite is more formal. Often, musts are less necessary than requisites.

✅ Trim means to add decorative elements to something (I trimmed the dress with fur; We trimmed the tree).

✅ Adorn means to decorate something with ornaments such as flowers or gems (Her hair was adorned with flowers; We adorned the dull plant pot with stick-on gems).

✅ Adorn can also be a more general term (His poetry was adorned with beautiful imagery).