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 |
|---|---|
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |