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 |
|---|---|
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |