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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|---|---|
| purveyor | one that purveys |
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| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
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| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| ensconce | shelter |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |