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).
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| Word | Meaning |
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| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
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| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
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