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 |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |