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 |
|---|---|
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |