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

WordMeaning
compulsorymandatory
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
donto put on (an article of clothing)
sentinelsentry
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing