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.
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absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |