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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|---|---|
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| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
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| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |