What does Oblivious mean?
1 : lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention. 2 : lacking active conscious knowledge or awareness —usually used with of or to.
Is the T silent in exactly?
When the T and D sounds come between two other consonant sounds, many Americans will drop them. But when we add the -ly ending, it now comes between two consonants. You’ll hear a lot of native speakers say ‘exactly‘, with no T sound. Exactly, exactly.
What is the root word of oblivious?
The first meaning of oblivious was “characterized by forgetfulness.” This word entered our language in the 15th century, coming from the Latin oblivisci (“to forget”), a root it shares with oblivion.