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 |
|---|---|
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| environ | encircle |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |