GRE Word List
INEPT
generally incompetent : bungling
The meaning of the word inept is generally incompetent : bungling.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| portly | dignified |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |