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 |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| progeny | descendants |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |