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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
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| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |