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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| puerile | juvenile |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |