GRE Word List

MAUDLIN

drunk enough to be emotionally silly

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

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WordMeaning
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
impassivegiving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
curfewthe sounding of a bell at evening
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
kismetfate
nutritiousnourishing