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 |
|---|---|
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |