GRE Word List
UNSEEMLY
not seemly: such as
The meaning of the word unseemly is not seemly: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| hubbub | noise |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |