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 |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |