GRE Word List
UNPREPOSSESSING
unattractive
The meaning of the word unprepossessing is unattractive.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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reverend | deserving reverence; N: priest |
noxious | harmful; CF. obnoxious |
disport | amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert |
frugality | thrift; economy; ADJ. frugal: practicing economy; costing little; inexpensive |
betroth | become engaged to marry |
badger | pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal |
allude | refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference |
pell-mell | in confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash pell-mell |
crust | hard outer covering (as of earth or snow) |
compulsive | resulting from compulsion |