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 |
|---|---|
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| mortician | undertaker |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| countenance | look |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |