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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| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |