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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |