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 |
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| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| canny | clever |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| exhume | disinter |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |