GRE Word List
MIRE
wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
The meaning of the word mire is wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh).
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intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |