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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WordMeaning
emblazonto inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices
acclaimapplaud
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transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
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ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
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reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep