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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braga pompous or boastful statement
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malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
trimto remove by or as if by cutting