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 |
|---|---|
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |