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 |
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| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| prong | fork |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |