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 |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| occident | west |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |