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 |
|---|---|
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |