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 |
|---|---|
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |