GRE Word List
DISTEND
extend
The meaning of the word distend is extend.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
