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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| emanate | to come out from a source |