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 |
|---|---|
| retiring | reserved |
| 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 |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| farce | stuff |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |