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 |
|---|---|
| viand | an item of food |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| influx | a coming in |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |