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 |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| scion | descendant |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| environ | encircle |