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 |
|---|---|
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |