GRE Word List
BANAL
lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
The meaning of the word banal is lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
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| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
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