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 |
|---|---|
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| oversee | survey |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |