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 |
|---|---|
| humdrum | monotonous |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |