GRE Word List
EXPANSIVE
having a capacity or a tendency to expand
The meaning of the word expansive is having a capacity or a tendency to expand.
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Word | Meaning |
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comport | to be fitting : accord |
topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
pulchritude | physical comeliness |
sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |