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.
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| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
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| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |