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 |
|---|---|
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |