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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WordMeaning
phenomenaphenomenon
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
quenchput out
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
crustthe hardened exterior or surface part of bread
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
discourseverbal interchange of ideas