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

WordMeaning
amendto put right
skittishlively or frisky in action : capricious
meteto give out by measure : dole out
occultto shut off from view or exposure : cover
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
rectitudethe quality or state of being straight
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
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quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
avantgardegroup of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard