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 |
|---|---|
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |