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 |
|---|---|
| demented | mad |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| heed | to pay attention |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| forego | to go before : precede |