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

WordMeaning
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
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energizeto make energetic, vigorous, or active
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
lanceta sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
primaloriginal
waylayto lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign