GRE Word List

TENSILE

capable of tension : ductile

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

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cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
bluffhaving a broad flattened front
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
parsimonythe quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift
numismatistthe study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
braidto make from braids
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts