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 |
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| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| stench | stink |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |