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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hortatoryhortative
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
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outlooka place offering a view
animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
tyrannyoppressive power
centigraderelating 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