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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WordMeaning
spatsquabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel
impedeto interfere with or slow the progress of
tinta usually slight or pale coloration : hue
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
itinerarythe route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one
filchto steal secretly or casually
circuita usually circular line encompassing an area
scadany of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)
bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
drabslattern