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 |
|---|---|
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |