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 |
|---|---|
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
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| reek | smoke |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| juncture | a point of time |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |