GRE Word List
OBLIVIOUS
lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention
The meaning of the word oblivious is lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| refraction | deflection 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 |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |