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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| cipher | zero |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |