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 |
|---|---|
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |