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 |
|---|---|
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| raiment | clothing |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |