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 |
|---|---|
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |