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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |