GRE Word List

DISTEND

extend

The meaning of the word distend is extend.

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WordMeaning
incendiaryigniting combustible materials spontaneously
viandan item of food
rusea wily subterfuge
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
adventitiouscoming from another source and not inherent or innate
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
pendulouspoised without visible support
intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic