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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whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
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insatiableincapable of being satisfied : quenchless
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recastto cast again
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