GRE Word List
DILATE
expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)
The meaning of the word dilate is expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filing | particle removed by a file |
| repast | meal; feast; banquet |
| ethereal | like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light; heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether: upper air |
| contrive | invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention |
| celerity | speed; rapidity |
| preclude | make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate |
| smattering | slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German |
| wry | (esp. of an expression of the face) twisted; with a humorous twist (expressing displeasure) |
| quagmire | bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| gnome | dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards |