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 |
|---|---|
| veracious | truthful |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |