GRE Word List
STIFLE
to withhold from circulation or expression
The meaning of the word stifle is to withhold from circulation or expression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| prattle | prate |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| dire | exciting horror |