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 |
|---|---|
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |