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 |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| amity | friendship |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |