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 |
|---|---|
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |