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 |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |