GRE Word List

DILATE

to become enlarged or widened

The meaning of the word dilate is to become enlarged or widened.

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defameto harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit
denizeninhabitant
coincidencethe act or condition of coinciding : correspondence
besmirchto cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully
induceto move by persuasion or influence
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives