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 |
|---|---|
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |