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 |
|---|---|
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
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| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| overwhelm | upset |