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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |