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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inceptionan act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
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lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
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petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
epicureone with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine
larcenythe unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently