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 |
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| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |