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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| irate | roused to ire |
| chivalrous | valiant |