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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painstakingtaking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
retentivehaving the power, property, or capacity of retaining
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations
citadela fortress that commands (see command
gibberishunintelligible or meaningless language:
meddlesomegiven to meddling
polyglotone who is polyglot
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
plutocracygovernment by the wealthy