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 |
|---|---|
| decipher | decode |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| modish | fashionable |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| indicative | serving to indicate |