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 |
|---|---|
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |