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 |
|---|---|
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |