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 |
|---|---|
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |