GRE Word List
INEPT
generally incompetent : bungling
The meaning of the word inept is generally incompetent : bungling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whittle | a large knife |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |