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 |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |