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 |
|---|---|
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |