GRE Word List
STIFLE
to withhold from circulation or expression
The meaning of the word stifle is to withhold from circulation or expression.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |