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 |
|---|---|
| reaper | one that reaps |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |