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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| culvert | a transverse drain |
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| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
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