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
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| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
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| cryptic | secret |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
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| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
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| malodorous | having a bad odor |