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 |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |