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.
Random words
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|---|---|
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
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| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
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| rivulet | a small stream |
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