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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| quarry | game |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |