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 |
|---|---|
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| aria | air |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |