GRE Word List
INANE
lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
The meaning of the word inane is lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |