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 |
|---|---|
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| tome | book |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |