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 |
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