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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| grotto | cave |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |