GRE Word List
STRANGLE
to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
The meaning of the word strangle is to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |