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 |
|---|---|
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| facade | the front of a building |
| polity | political organization |
| fructify | to bear fruit |