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 |
|---|---|
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| alleviate | relieve |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| occident | west |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |