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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| influx | a coming in |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| appease | pacify |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |