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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rostera roll or list of personnel
shackhut
belateddelayed beyond the usual time
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
disquietudeanxiety
transcribeto make a written copy of
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb