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 |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |