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 |
|---|---|
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |