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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| cryptic | secret |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |