GRE Word List
PREHENSILE
adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around
The meaning of the word prehensile is adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |