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 |
|---|---|
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| noisome | noxious |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| shambles | a meat market |