Words from Books

morass

/məˈras/
noun
  1. an area of muddy or boggy ground
  2. a complicated or confused situation
I thought the excitement of discovering a great-grandfather would keep me awake that night, but sleep claimed me right when I was in the middle of asking God to help me find my way through the moral morass of being party to a killing.

– Charlaine Harris, From Dead to Worse

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