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 |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |