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 |
|---|---|
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| quorum | a select group |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |