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 |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |