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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| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| actuary | clerk |