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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WordMeaning
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
consonantbeing in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord
perceptiveresponsive to sensory stimuli : discerning
billowingwave
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
recapitulateto retell or restate briefly : summarize