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 |
|---|---|
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| opus | work |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |