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 |
|---|---|
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| exhume | disinter |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |