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

WordMeaning
cuisinemanner of preparing food : style of cooking
motea small particle : speck
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness
stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible
poisebalance
physiologicalof or relating to physiology
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments