GRE Word List

MAWKISH

lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste

The meaning of the word mawkish is lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste.

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WordMeaning
supersedeto cause to be set aside
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
parlancespeech
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
mellifluoushaving a smooth rich flow
institutionan established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans