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 |
|---|---|
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| anemia | a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |