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 |
|---|---|
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| biting | having the power to bite |