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

WordMeaning
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
docileeasily taught
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
groovea long narrow channel or depression
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor