GRE Word List

TENSILE

capable of tension : ductile

The meaning of the word tensile is capable of tension : ductile.

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WordMeaning
discerningshowing insight and understanding : discriminating
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful
copiousyielding something abundantly
lachrymosegiven to tears or weeping : tearful
depleteto empty of a principal substance
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)