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 |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |