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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |