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 |
|---|---|
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| dally | to act playfully |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| overthrow | overturn |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |