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 |
|---|---|
| slapdash | haphazard |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |