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 |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |