GRE Word List
SUFFOCATE
to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
The meaning of the word suffocate is to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| appease | pacify |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| contrive | devise |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |