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 |
|---|---|
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| scion | descendant |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |