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 |
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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 |