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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effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
exultto be extremely joyful : rejoice
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
toxiccontaining or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint