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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |