GRE Word List

UNSIGHTLY

not pleasing to the sight : not comely

The meaning of the word unsightly is not pleasing to the sight : not comely.

Random words

WordMeaning
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
defameto harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel
annulto declare or make legally invalid or void
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
pulchritudephysical comeliness