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 |
|---|---|
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |