GRE Word List
HACKNEYED
lacking in freshness or originality
The meaning of the word hackneyed is lacking in freshness or originality.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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upshot | the final result : outcome |
quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
founder | one that founds or establishes |
insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
incognito | with one's identity concealed |
desperate | having lost hope |