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 |
|---|---|
| nexus | connection |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |