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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throttleto compress the throat of : choke
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
flusterto put into a state of agitated confusion : upset
equipoisea state of equilibrium
dupeone that is easily deceived or cheated : fool
zanyvery eccentric (see eccentric
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
aviarya place for keeping birds confined
replicateduplicate
harrowingacutely distressing or painful