GRE Word List
GROVEL
to creep with the face to the ground : crawl
The meaning of the word grovel is to creep with the face to the ground : crawl.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |