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 |
|---|---|
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |