GRE Word List
DISTEND
extend
The meaning of the word distend is extend.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| forebears | ancestor |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| polity | political organization |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |