GRE Word List
TENUOUS
having little substance or strength : flimsy
The meaning of the word tenuous is having little substance or strength : flimsy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| render | to melt down |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |