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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| leery | suspicious |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |