GRE Word List
TENACIOUS
not easily pulled apart : cohesive
The meaning of the word tenacious is not easily pulled apart : cohesive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| headlong | headfirst |
| potentate | ruler |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |