GRE Word List
INTOXICATE
to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
The meaning of the word intoxicate is to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished.
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