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 |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| reek | smoke |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |