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 |
|---|---|
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |