GRE Word List
TENSILE
capable of tension : ductile
The meaning of the word tensile is capable of tension : ductile.
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| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
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| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |