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 |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| grudging | unwilling |