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 |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |