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 |
|---|---|
| courier | messenger |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |