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 |
|---|---|
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| unfrock | defrock |
| suppliant | supplicant |