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 |
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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 |