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 |
|---|---|
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| debonair | suave |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |