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 |
|---|---|
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| quench | put out |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |