GRE Word List
TENSILE
capable of tension : ductile
The meaning of the word tensile is capable of tension : ductile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| forebears | ancestor |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |