GRE Word List
SMOTHER
to kill by depriving of air
The meaning of the word smother is to kill by depriving of air.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |