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 |
|---|---|
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| nexus | connection |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |