GRE Word List

OBLIVION

the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness

The meaning of the word oblivion is the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness.

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concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
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parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
mimicryan instance of mimicking
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
shudderto tremble convulsively : shiver
volatilecharacterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different