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 |
|---|---|
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |