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 |
|---|---|
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| convention | agreement |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |