GRE Word List
STIFLE
suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate
The meaning of the word stifle is suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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withstand | stand up against; resist successfully |
savant | scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know |
parsimony | stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious |
chisel | swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting |
celerity | speed; rapidity |
dogged | determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean |
elucidate | explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid |
bugaboo | bugbear; object of baseless terror |
plutocracy | society ruled by the wealthy |
acuity | sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) |