GRE Word List
COMMONPLACE
ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark
The meaning of the word commonplace is ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adulterate | make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances |
| acknowledge | recognize; admit |
| slipshod | slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work |
| prude | excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature); N. prudery; ADJ. prudish: excessively concerned with propriety |
| hibernate | sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation |
| unbridled | violent; uncontrolled; Ex. unbridled rage/greed |
| nondescript | undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd |
| remnant | remainder |
| comeuppance | deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke |
| distrait | absentminded; distracted |
