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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |