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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| parlance | speech |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |