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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| influx | a coming in |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |