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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |