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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| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
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| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |