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 |
|---|---|
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |