GRE Word List
HACKNEYED
lacking in freshness or originality
The meaning of the word hackneyed is lacking in freshness or originality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| sophist | philosopher |
| quicksilver | mercury |