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 |
|---|---|
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |