GRE Word List

DISTEND

extend

The meaning of the word distend is extend.

Random words

WordMeaning
outstripto go faster or farther than
secta dissenting or schismatic religious body
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
catapultan ancient military device for hurling missiles
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)