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.

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WordMeaning
haggardnot tamed
intriguethe practice of engaging in secret schemes
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
baffleto defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
velocityquickness of motion : speed
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf