GRE Word List

MAUDLIN

drunk enough to be emotionally silly

The meaning of the word maudlin is drunk enough to be emotionally silly.

Random words

WordMeaning
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
jocularsaid or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful
flippantlacking proper respect or seriousness
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
recountto relate in detail : narrate
wringto squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid
cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
odysseya long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune