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 |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| garnish | decorate |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |