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 |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| shambles | a meat market |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |