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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chafe | irritate |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
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| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
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