GRE Word List
INEPT
generally incompetent : bungling
The meaning of the word inept is generally incompetent : bungling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| impuissance | weakness |
| license | permission to act |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |