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 |
|---|---|
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |