GRE Word List
SUPINE
lying on the back or with the face upward
The meaning of the word supine is lying on the back or with the face upward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| query | question |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| pungent | sharply painful |