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   tenable

   /ˈtɛnəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection: "such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable"
   • 2. (of an office, position, scholarship, etc.) able to be held or used: "a scholarship of £200 per annum tenable for three years"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, from tenir ‘to hold’, from Latin tenere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tenability noun
   • 2. tenableness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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