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).
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|---|---|
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| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| score | twenty |
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| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
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| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |