GRE Word List
UNSEEMLY
not seemly: such as
The meaning of the word unseemly is not seemly: such as.
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|---|---|
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| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
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| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
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| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |