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 |
|---|---|
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |