GRE Word List
DISTEND
extend
The meaning of the word distend is extend.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hurl | rush |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |