GRE Word List

TENSILE

capable of tension : ductile

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

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patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
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