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 |
|---|---|
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |