TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 28-Dec-11
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 28-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mawkish [ MAW-kish ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. sentimental, emotional or mushy 2. having an insipid or nauseating taste USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The writer's mawkish novel about an orphan boy met with a tepid response. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Friendship is like a China cup, precious rich and rare, once broken can be mended, but the crack is always there goes a piece of maudlin prose that has found its way into many autograph books. Mawkish, but no less true for that. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Circle of friends, 26 Aug 2007 bereft [ bi-REFT ] [ adjective, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) deprived of, lacking, devoid of or robbed of something 2. (adj.) bereaved 3. (tr.v.) past participle and past tense of bereave USAGE EXAMPLE