GRE Word List
THROTTLE
to compress the throat of : choke
The meaning of the word throttle is to compress the throat of : choke.
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|---|---|
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| mystic | mystical |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
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| hirsute | hairy |
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