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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|---|---|
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
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| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
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| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |