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 |
|---|---|
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| congenial | pleasant |
| fiend | devil |
| dynamo | generator |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |