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 |
|---|---|
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| steep | lofty |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |