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 |
|---|---|
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |