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 |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |