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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|---|---|
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
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| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
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| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
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