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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |