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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| Word | Meaning |
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| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |