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 |
|---|---|
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| delve | excavate |