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 |
|---|---|
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |