GRE Word List

QUAGMIRE

soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot

The meaning of the word quagmire is soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot.

Random words

WordMeaning
graphitea soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
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skimpskimpy
dismissto permit or cause to leave
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
brittleeasily broken, cracked, or snapped
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
descryto catch sight of