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 |
|---|---|
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| 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 |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |