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prehensile
adjective(pre-hen-sile)
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Examples:
Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees.
prehensile
adjective(pre-hen-sile)
having a keen intellect
Examples:
Poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men.
prehensile
(pre-hen-sile)
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
Antonyms: nonprehensile,
Examples:
A monkey's prehensile tail.

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