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 |
|---|---|
| noisome | noxious |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |