GRE Word List
DISTEND
extend
The meaning of the word distend is extend.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| demise | death |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |