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 |
|---|---|
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| farce | stuff |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |