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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| portly | dignified |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| deify | to make a god of |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |