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 |
|---|---|
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| laud | praise |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |