GRE Word List

DILATE

to become enlarged or widened

The meaning of the word dilate is to become enlarged or widened.

Random words

WordMeaning
spryable to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
berateto scold or condemn vehemently and at length
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
husbanda male partner in a marriage
granulateto form or crystallize into grains or granules
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous