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 |
|---|---|
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |