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 |
|---|---|
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| modish | fashionable |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |