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 |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |