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 |
|---|---|
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| wreak | bring about |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |