Tham khảo tài liệu 'word smart phần 6', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 124 WORD SMART The opposite of inept is adept uh DEPT . Adept and adroit are SỊ nonyms. INERT in URT adj inactive sluggish not reacting chemically The baseball team seemed strangely inert it was as though they had lost the will not only to win but also even to play. Having colds made the children inert and reluctant to get out of bed. Helium is an inert gas it doesn t burn it doesn t explode and it doesn t kin you if you inhale it. To be inert is to be characterized by inertia. As it is most commonly used inertia means lack of get-up-and-go or an inability or unwillingness to move. In physics inertia refers to an object s tendency to continue doing what it s doing either moving or staying still unless it s acted on by something else. INEXORABLE in EK sur uh bul adj relentless inevitable unavoidable The inexorable waves pounded the shore as they have always pounded it and as they always will pound it. Eliot drove his father s car slowly but inexorably through the grocery store wrecking aisle after aisle despite the manager s anguished pleading. Inexorable death finds everyone sooner or later. Note carefully the pronunciation of this word. INFAMOUS IN fuh mus adj shamefully wicked having an extremely bad reputation disgraceful Be careful with the pronunciation of this word. To be infamous is to be famous for being evil or bad. An infamous cheater is one whose cheating is well known. Deep within the prison was the infamous torture chamber where hooded guards tickled their prisoners with feathers until they confessed. k Infamy is thestate of being infamous. The former Nazi lived the rest of his life in infamy after the court convicted him of war crimes and atrocities. Ptesident Roosevelt said that the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor would live in infamy. INFATUATED in FACH oo ay lid adj foolish foolishly passionate or attracted made foolish foolishly in love To be infatuated is to be fatuous or foolish. I was so infatuated with Polly that I drooled and .
