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 |
|---|---|
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |