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 |
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sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |