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 |
|---|---|
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| lax | loose |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |