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 |
|---|---|
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |