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 |
|---|---|
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| onus | burden |
| defer | put off |
| concur | to express agreement |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |