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 |
|---|---|
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| quench | put out |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |