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 |
|---|---|
| dingy | dirty |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| hap | happening |
| influx | a coming in |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |