GRE Word List

UNGAINLY

lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy

The meaning of the word ungainly is lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy.

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WordMeaning
disinterto take out of the grave or tomb
categoricalabsolute
elasticcapable of recovering size and shape after deformation
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
opuswork
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice