GRE Word List

OBSCURE

dark

The meaning of the word obscure is dark.

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WordMeaning
retortto pay or hurl back : return
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
beatificof, possessing, or imparting beatitude
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
fineryornament
courtthe residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary
ensueto strive to attain : pursue
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
wispa small handful (as of hay or straw)