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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |