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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meddlesomegiven to meddling
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ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
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homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
swampa wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water