GRE Word List

UNSEEMLY

not seemly: such as

The meaning of the word unseemly is not seemly: such as.

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WordMeaning
austerestern and cold in appearance or manner
dioramaa scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening
insolventunable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business
proxythe agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another
lampoonsatire
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
whimsicalresulting from or characterized by whim or caprice
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs