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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |