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 |
|---|---|
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| score | twenty |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |