GRE Word List

TENSILE

capable of tension : ductile

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

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microcosma little world
nomenclaturename
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
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spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
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