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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |