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 |
|---|---|
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |