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

WordMeaning
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
blighta disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers)
saturnineborn under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
inverseopposite in order, nature, or effect
pedagogythe art, science, or profession of teaching