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 |
|---|---|
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| docile | easily taught |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |