GRE Word List
UNTENABLE
not able to be defended
The meaning of the word untenable is not able to be defended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |