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 |
|---|---|
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| harass | exhaust |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |