GRE Word List
SMOTHER
to kill by depriving of air
The meaning of the word smother is to kill by depriving of air.
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|---|---|
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| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |