GRE Word List
SUFFOCATE
die or kill from lack of air; suppress
The meaning of the word suffocate is die or kill from lack of air; suppress.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| celerity | speed; rapidity |
| surmise | guess; N. |
| carrion | rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture |
| steep | soak; saturate; Ex. steep the fabric in the dye bath; ADJ: precipitous |
| headstrong | willful; stubborn; unyielding; determined to have one's own way; CF. no 'excessive' |
| base | contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron |
| impotent | weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
| moribund | dying; at the point of death; CF. death |
| vernal | pertaining to spring |
