GRE Word List
BANAL
lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
The meaning of the word banal is lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |