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.

Random words

WordMeaning
glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
eclipticof or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse
recreantcrying for mercy : cowardly
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
gibeto utter taunting words
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
haltingmarked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
finitehaving definite or definable limits