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 |
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| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| marrow | bone marrow |
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