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good-looking

The meaning of the word seemly is good-looking.

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chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
destitutelacking something needed or desirable
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
apostateone who commits apostasy
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
smolderto burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke