GRE Word List
DILATE
to become enlarged or widened
The meaning of the word dilate is to become enlarged or widened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |