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 |
|---|---|
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |