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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swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
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partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
far-fetchedbrought from a remote time or place
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dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
intimidateto make timid or fearful : frighten
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet