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 |
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| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
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| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
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| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |