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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sedulousinvolving or accomplished with careful perseverance
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confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide
penetrateto pass into or through
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
travestya debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness