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 |
|---|---|
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |