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 |
|---|---|
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| acclaim | applaud |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |