GRE Word List
BUNGLE
mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior
The meaning of the word bungle is mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fledgling | inexperienced; N: young bird that has acquired wing feathers and is learning to fly; inexperienced person |
| saturnine | morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance. |
| epitaph | inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone) |
| sledge | large sled drawn by work animals |
| masquerade | wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise |
| barrister | counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar |
| verdant | green; covered with green plants or grass; lush in vegetation; Ex. verdant meadows |
| tawny | brownish yellow |
| welter | wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood. |
| hedonist | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure |