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 |
|---|---|
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |