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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hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
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primaloriginal
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complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
engrossto copy or write in a large hand