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 |
|---|---|
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| forebears | ancestor |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |