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 |
|---|---|
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |