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 |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| paltry | inferior |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |