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 |
|---|---|
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| contrive | devise |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |