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 |
|---|---|
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| alleviate | relieve |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| ploy | escapade |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |