GRE Word List
BUNGLE
to act or work clumsily and awkwardly
The meaning of the word bungle is to act or work clumsily and awkwardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| drab | slattern |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |