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 |
|---|---|
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |