GRE Word List
TENSILE
capable of tension : ductile
The meaning of the word tensile is capable of tension : ductile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| dally | to act playfully |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| conflagration | fire |