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 |
|---|---|
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |