GRE Word List
UNGAINLY
lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy
The meaning of the word ungainly is lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
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| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
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