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 |
|---|---|
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| drivel | nonsense |