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 |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |