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 |
|---|---|
| attentive | mindful |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
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| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| misadventure | misfortune |
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| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |