GRE Word List
SLOUGH
a place of deep mud or mire
The meaning of the word slough is a place of deep mud or mire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| sheer | unqualified |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |