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 |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |