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 |
|---|---|
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| countenance | look |
| executor | one who executes something |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |