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 |
|---|---|
| portly | dignified |
| appease | pacify |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| aptitude | inclination |
| circlet | a little circle |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |