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 |
|---|---|
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| growl | rumble |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |