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 |
|---|---|
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| retrench | cut down |