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 |
|---|---|
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |