GRE Word List
SEAMY
having the rough side of the seam showing
The meaning of the word seamy is having the rough side of the seam showing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosody | the study of versification |
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| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
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| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |