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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| acetic | vinegary |
| reverberate | reflect |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |