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 |
|---|---|
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| giddy | dizzy |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| dissension | disagreement |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |