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 |
|---|---|
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| trance | stupor |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |