In The Doldrums 1100 Words /’dōl-drəmz, ‘däl-, ‘dȯl-/ (noun) Definition in a depressed and sluggish way, quiet and inactive, stagnant, bored and depressed, stationary, at a standstill, at a halt, marooned, slow, slack, gloomy Doldrum in context No good news again. The UK economy still remains in the doldrums with little sign that things are…
Quiescent GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /kwiˈes.ənt/ (adj) Definition dormant and inactive temporarily, inert, latent, at rest, passive, stagnant, inoperative, sluggish, motionless, idle, quiet, deactivated, immobile Example There’s a lot of conflicting information about whether or not turtles hibernate or go quiescent, and just like the argument about squirrels, it all comes down to the type of…
Fallow GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈfæl.əʊ/ (adj & noun) Adjective: (agriculture) unseeded or unplanted farm or piece of land, left unseeded after plowing, uncultivated, unused – currently inactive or dormant, idle, sterile, uncreative, infertile, unproductive, barren, inert Noun: land without crops, fallow land Fallow land is land left to rest and regenerate. A field, or several…
Latent 1100 Words You Need Latent 1100 Words You Need /ˈleɪ.tənt/ (adj) existing and present but hidden and not obvious, dormant, inactive, buried, concealed, embryonic, covert, undeveloped, suppressed, stagnant: The word “herpes” conjures negative stereotypes, but most people are infected with some form of the virus. After a flare-up, the virus usually remains latent until…
Stationary Stationary (adj) /ˈsteɪ.ʃən.ər.i/ US /-ʃə.ner-/ fixed in place, motionless, immobile, unchanging, inactive, static, inert, at a standstill, still, fixed, unmoving Having got a divorce, I experienced a stationary phase in my life lasting for 2 years. Antonyms: moving, dynamic Noun: station
Idle Idle: /ˈaɪ.dļ/ (Adj) 1. not working or being used: Children become too idle to go out for playing due to computer and mobile games. The propagation of idleness in every society is a serious malady which should be overcome by spreading public activities. Frankly speaking, I envy the idle rich who earn easy money and have an easy-peasy lifestyle. Half these factories now stand idle. 2. [before noun] without…
Dormant 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 Dormant 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /ˈdɔː.mənt/ (adj) inactive and latent, sleeping, in a deep sleep, alive but not growing, asleep, resting, passive, inert, abeyant, potential, prepatent, quiescent, quiet, undeveloped, hidden The canned tuna market remained dormant in 2015, though raw material prices…
Stagnant Stagnant (adj) /ˈstæg.nənt/ not moving or developing – stale due to lack of motion – stationary – motionless – immobile – inactive – sluggish – dormant – inert – moribund: Due to the current recession, our economy has become more or less stagnant.
Extinct 1100 Words You Need Extinct 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 1 with authentic materials, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/ (adj) no longer existing, (of volcanoes) dormant and inactive, having no living members, died out, nonexistent, inexistent, wiped out, destroyed, vanished, dead The woolly mammoth is an extinct…