GRE Word List
OBLITERATE
to remove utterly from recognition or memory
The meaning of the word obliterate is to remove utterly from recognition or memory.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |