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 |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |