noun · Medium SAT word

    Quagmire

    swamp; a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

    Quagmire in a sentence

    The soldiers trudged through the quagmire with great difficulty.

    Synonyms for quagmire

    • swamp
    • bog
    • marsh

    Antonyms for quagmire

    • desert
    • highlands
    • plateau

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