GRE Word List
UNGAINLY
lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy
The meaning of the word ungainly is lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| dart | a light spear |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| implode | to burst inward |