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 |
|---|---|
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |