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
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
holocausta sacrifice (see sacrifice
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
tatterto make ragged
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
bogwet spongy ground
miragean optical (see optical
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation