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 |
|---|---|
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| billowing | wave |
| spoof | deceive |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |