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 |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| politic | political |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |