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 |
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| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| dilute | attenuate |
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| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |