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 |
|---|---|
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |