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 |
|---|---|
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| guileless | innocent |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |