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 |
|---|---|
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |