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 |
|---|---|
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| charlatan | quack |
| exude | to ooze out |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |