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 |
|---|---|
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |