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 |
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perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
ingrate | an ungrateful person |
badinage | playful repartee : banter |
hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |