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.
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centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
sentinel | sentry |
sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
immune | not susceptible or responsive |
epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
vertex | the top of the head |
carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |