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 |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |