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
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
oozea soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
stemthe main trunk of a plant
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
chasteinnocent of unlawful sexual intercourse
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
brawnthe flesh of a boar