GRE Word List
TENSILE
capable of tension : ductile
The meaning of the word tensile is capable of tension : ductile.
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| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
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| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
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| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |