GRE Word List

BANAL

lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite

The meaning of the word banal is lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite.

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WordMeaning
avengeto take vengeance for or on behalf of
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
abjureto renounce upon oath
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
lugubriousmournful
slougha place of deep mud or mire
exhilaratingcausing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling
rapturean expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
potiona mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine)
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol