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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| fleck | streak |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |