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 |
|---|---|
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |