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 |
|---|---|
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |