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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
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| postulate | demand |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
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| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |