GRE Word List
INANE
lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
The meaning of the word inane is lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| encumber | weigh down |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |