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 |
|---|---|
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |