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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |