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 |
|---|---|
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |