GRE Word List
DILATE
to become enlarged or widened
The meaning of the word dilate is to become enlarged or widened.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
husband | a male partner in a marriage |
granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |