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 |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |