GRE Word List
TENUOUS
having little substance or strength : flimsy
The meaning of the word tenuous is having little substance or strength : flimsy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |