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 |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| paltry | inferior |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |