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 |
|---|---|
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |