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 |
|---|---|
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |