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 |
|---|---|
| cataclysm | flood |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |