GRE Word List
INEPT
generally incompetent : bungling
The meaning of the word inept is generally incompetent : bungling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |