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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|---|---|
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
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| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |