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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| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| fleck | streak |
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| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
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