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 |
|---|---|
| calorific | caloric |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |