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
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
eroticof, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
ratifyto approve and sanction formally : confirm
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
lecheryinordinate (see inordinate
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy