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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |