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 |
|---|---|
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| skimp | skimpy |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| descry | to catch sight of |