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.

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extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
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teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
underhandin a clandestine manner
invalidateto make invalid
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discordantbeing at variance : disagreeing
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