Apedia

Tenuous Position Describe Connection Reason Someone's Uncertain Weak

Front Tenuous
Back
If you describe something such as a connection, a reason, or someone's position as tenuous, you mean that it is very uncertain or weak.
The frog's position was very tenuous. He almost fell several times, but finally they made it to the other side.
This decision puts the President in a somewhat tenuous position.

Tags: 3.27, journey, universal

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Fragile object easily damaged broken health human relationships

Previous card: Incurable cured cat kind cancer job tenuous life

Up to card list: Effortless English. Original course. AJ Hoge level 3