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 |
|---|---|
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |