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 |
|---|---|
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| clime | climate |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |