Question

Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning to the underlined word.
Democracy is not the standardising of everyone so as to obliterate all peculiarity.

• A. Demolish
• B. Extinguish
• C. Erase
• D. Change

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Erase

'Obliterate' means to remove all signs of something either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen. E.g. All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog. 'Demolish' means to destroy. 'Extinguish' means to stop a fire or light burning. 'Erase' means to rub out to remove something. 'Change' means to become different.

Thus, option C is the correct answer.