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 |
|---|---|
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| decipher | decode |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |