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 |
|---|---|
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |