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 |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| countenance | look |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |