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 |
|---|---|
| lax | loose |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |