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 |
|---|---|
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |