GRE Word List
TENSILE
capable of tension : ductile
The meaning of the word tensile is capable of tension : ductile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |