te nə bəl adjective able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. When he finally did his research, he found to his disappointment that his argument was not tenable. It sounds…
intractable
ihn traek tə bəl 1. not easily controlled, managed, or persuaded. His niece was the only person who had any influence on that intractable old man. 2. not easily shaped, manipulated, or…
cursory
kuhr sə ri adjective done quickly and without care; superficial. The symptoms were so clear that even a cursory examination of the patient would have resulted in a confident diagnosis. He’d only…
wisp
wIsp noun 1: a thin bundle, bunch, tuft, streak, or the like, as of straw, hair, or smoke. A wisp of smoke from his cigarette twisted upwards to the ceiling. She tucked…
factotum
faek to təm noun one employed to do a wide variety of tasks. The three years of his college life, if they had not made him a Newton, or a Bacon, had…