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.

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WordMeaning
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
hordea political subdivision of central Asian nomads
lasciviousfilled with or showing sexual desire : lewd
toteman object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry
concentrichaving a common center
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity