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 |
|---|---|
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| abortive | prematurely born |