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 |
|---|---|
| impoverish | to make poor |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| reek | smoke |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |