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 |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| countenance | look |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |