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 |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| grudging | unwilling |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |