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 |
|---|---|
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| disport | sport |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| 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") |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |