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 |
|---|---|
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |