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 |
|---|---|
| demerit | offense |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |