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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| determinate | having defined limits |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| drab | slattern |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| shove | to push along |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |