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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |