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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