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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WordMeaning
unequivocalleaving no doubt : clear
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
premonitionprevious notice or warning : forewarning
astigmatisma defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
sanguinarybloodthirsty