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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culminationthe action of culminating
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caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
enclavea distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant
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animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive
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