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 |
|---|---|
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| verge | brink |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| asunder | into parts |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |