GRE Word List
PROSTRATE
stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
The meaning of the word prostrate is stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| cipher | zero |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| onus | burden |
| consort | associate |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |