GRE Word List
INEPT
generally incompetent : bungling
The meaning of the word inept is generally incompetent : bungling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |