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.

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centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
nimblequick and light in motion : agile
sentinelsentry
sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
metersystematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm
immunenot susceptible or responsive
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
vertexthe top of the head
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues