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 |
|---|---|
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| categorical | absolute |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| opus | work |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |