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 |
|---|---|
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |