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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |