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 |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| nomenclature | name |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |