GRE Word List
CLICHE
a trite phrase or expression
The meaning of the word cliche is a trite phrase or expression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| potentate | ruler |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |