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 |
|---|---|
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| demented | mad |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |