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 |
|---|---|
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
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| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |