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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|---|---|
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
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| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
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