PREHENSILE

(adj.) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
"a monkey's prehensile tail"
The octopus spread its prehensile arms and grasped the ship’s anchor. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
"they are avaricious and will do anything for money", "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields", "a grasping old miser", "grasping commercialism", "greedy for money and power", "grew richer and greedier", "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
synonyms : avaricious , covetous , grabby , grasping , greedy
Cinderella’s prehensile sisters tried their best to marry the prince. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) having a keen intellect
"poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"
If the country was run by prehensile men, it would not be in such a poor state. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for prehensile

(Tag: ) PRE(before)+HENS+ILE before the hens can escape we have to grasp & hold them.
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(Tag: ) From comprehensible to get hold of idea or concept.Prehensile is get hold or grasp things.
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(Tag: ) PreHensile..Concentrate on Hensile.. Sounds like Tensile..Now Tensile means Capable of Being stretched, similarly lets say hensile means capable of being held or grasped..!
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(Tag: ) Root word prehend/ /prehens/ /preg/ = to grasp; to take; to seize e.g. comprehensible
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(Tag: ) PREHENSILE=UTENSIL. UTENSILs are used to GRAB food.
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(Tag: ) PREHENSILE sounds like PENCIL. Hands are PREHENSILE because they can grab PENcILs.
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(Tag: ) pre(before) + H (harvest) + en (ensure) + sle (selling) means more greedy to get hold of money.
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(Tag: ) pre+hens+ile(read ill). Before hens get ill we have to grasp and hold them to cure.
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(Tag: pre(before)+ h (harvest)+ en (ensure) + sile (selling) means wants money quickly greedy) prehensile
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