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 |
|---|---|
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |