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 |
|---|---|
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |