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 |
|---|---|
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| politic | political |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |