inhabit
To live in a place.
inhabit in a sentence
- Strange glowing fish inhabit the deepest parts of the ocean.
- Camels inhabit the desert because their bodies are built for heat and thirst.
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Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to inhabit?
- Aquit
- Blive
- Cvacate
- Dleave
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B: live. The other three mean the opposite of inhabit.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to inhabit?
- Astay
- Bsettle
- Clive
- Dleave
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D: leave. The other three mean nearly the same as inhabit.
Words that mean something similar
live, stay, settle
Words that mean the opposite
leave, quit, vacate
More words about places & settings
- interior: The inside part of something.
- isolate: To keep someone or something apart from others.
- jeopardy: A state of danger, when something could be harmed or lost.
- knoll: A small round hill.
- loom: To appear as a large, worrying shape, or to be about to happen.
- maroon: To leave someone stranded in a place they cannot escape from.
- nautical: To do with ships, sailors and the sea.
- nomad: A person who moves from place to place instead of living in one home.
More words to explore
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