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
expoundto set forth : state
inertlacking the power to move
predisposeto dispose in advance
injuriousinflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental
genuflectto bend the knee
gruela thin porridge
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
incurto become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself
soarto fly aloft or about