GRE Word List
INERT
lacking the power to move
The meaning of the word inert is lacking the power to move.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |