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 |
|---|---|
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |