GRE Word List

OBITUARY

a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account

The meaning of the word obituary is a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account.

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WordMeaning
sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
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fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge
biennialoccurring every two years
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances