GRE Word List
CLICHE
a trite phrase or expression
The meaning of the word cliche is a trite phrase or expression.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cursive | running |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| intermediary | mediator |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |