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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hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
shoddya reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo
disinterestednot having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
jaundiceyellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments
precedentprior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned
miniaturea copy on a much reduced scale
crossbreedhybridize
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
inasmuch_assince; owing to the fact that