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 |
|---|---|
| rotunda | a round building |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |