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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| pilfer | steal |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| attentive | mindful |