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 |
|---|---|
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| betray | to lead astray |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |