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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|---|---|
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| 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 |
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| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
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