GRE Word List
STIFLE
suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate
The meaning of the word stifle is suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| withstand | stand up against; resist successfully |
| savant | scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know |
| parsimony | stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious |
| chisel | swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting |
| celerity | speed; rapidity |
| dogged | determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean |
| elucidate | explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid |
| bugaboo | bugbear; object of baseless terror |
| plutocracy | society ruled by the wealthy |
| acuity | sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) |
