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).

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WordMeaning
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invoketo petition for help or support
agogfull of intense interest or excitement : eager
tatterto make ragged
supplicantone who supplicates
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compoundsomething formed by a union of elements or parts
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
blightedaffected with blight (see blight
communalof or relating to one or more communes