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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ferventvery hot : glowing
isthmusa narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
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nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
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corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
flashylacking in substance or flavor : insipid
replicaan exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist
introspectivecharacterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection