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 |
|---|---|
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |