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 |
|---|---|
| retrench | cut down |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| expiate | to make amends for |