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 |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| gnome | maxim |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| garner | to gather into storage |