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

WordMeaning
platonicof, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism
hazarda source of danger
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
hauntto visit often : frequent
rancorbitter deep-seated ill will
enraptureto fill with delight
gustthe sensation of taste
fussyeasily upset : irritable
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought