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 |
|---|---|
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |