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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| residual | remainder |