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 |
|---|---|
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| condole | grieve |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |