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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| scintilla | spark |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |