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 |
|---|---|
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |