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 |
|---|---|
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |