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 |
|---|---|
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| writ | something written : writing |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |