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 |
|---|---|
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |