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 |
|---|---|
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| demure | reserved |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |