GRE Word List

TENSILE

capable of tension : ductile

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

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chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
procurementthe act or process of procuring
ineffectualnot producing the proper or intended effect : futile
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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
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trekto make one's way arduously
propitiousfavorably disposed : benevolent
subliminalinadequate to produce a sensation or a perception
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free