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 |
|---|---|
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| primal | original |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| invalid | not valid: |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |