GRE Word List
UNPREPOSSESSING
not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
The meaning of the word unprepossessing is not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| puerile | juvenile |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
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| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |