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 |
|---|---|
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| mischance | bad luck |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |