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 |
|---|---|
| viable | capable of living |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| rift | fissure |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |