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 |
|---|---|
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |