GRE Word List
UNTENABLE
not able to be defended
The meaning of the word untenable is not able to be defended.
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| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
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| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
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| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
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| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |