GRE Word List
DELETE
to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
The meaning of the word delete is to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| mischance | bad luck |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |