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.

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checkto inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
comportto be fitting : accord
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
conciliatoryintended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
concorda state of agreement : harmony
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
shimmerto shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer