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 |
|---|---|
| rotunda | a round building |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |