GRE Word List

INERT

lacking the power to move

The meaning of the word inert is lacking the power to move.

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WordMeaning
sojourna temporary stay
quipa clever usually taunting remark : gibe
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
swaggerto conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
dogmaticcharacterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
cumbersomeunwieldy because of heaviness and bulk
lotterya drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance
riddlea mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum