endeble

Meaning

flimsy, weak

Example

The argument is flimsy and does not stand serious scrutiny.

A way to remember it

Same Latin root as English "debilitate" and Spanish débil "weak": endeble is "flimsy, weak".

Word forms

More words at level C1

• enmendar to amend, to correct
• entramado web, intricate network
• entrañar to involve, to carry (a risk)
• envergadura scale, scope
• esbozar to sketch, to outline
• escatimar to skimp on, to spare
• escueto concise, terse
• esgrimir to wield, to put forward (as an argument)

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