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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |