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 |
|---|---|
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| sublimate | sublime |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |