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 |
|---|---|
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |