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 |
|---|---|
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| fauna | animal life |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |