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 |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| fiasco | a complete failure |