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 |
|---|---|
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| pilfer | steal |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |