GRE Word List
DILATE
expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)
The meaning of the word dilate is expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deliberate | consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow |
| deplete | reduce; exhaust |
| supple | flexible; limber; pliant |
| frantic | wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear |
| pomposity | self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important |
| entail | make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B |
| bravado | swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery |
| boost | lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase |
| sour | having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V. |
| proverb | adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially |
