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 |
|---|---|
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |