GRE Word List
SEEMLY
good-looking
The meaning of the word seemly is good-looking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |