GRE Word List
HACKNEYED
lacking in freshness or originality
The meaning of the word hackneyed is lacking in freshness or originality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| encumber | weigh down |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |