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morass

nounCommon GRE wordMore M words

a complicated or confused situation that traps and entangles

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Morass in a sentence

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The negotiations sank into a morass of conflicting demands.

Synonyms
quagmiretanglemuddleentanglement
Antonyms
clarityorder

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Morass (noun) means a complicated or confused situation that traps and entangles
Here is morass used in an example sentence: "The negotiations sank into a morass of conflicting demands."
Common synonyms for morass include quagmire, tangle, muddle, entanglement.
Antonyms of morass include clarity, order.
Morass is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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