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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unseemlynot seemly: such as
weanto accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
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disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
beelinea straight direct course
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
maritimeof, relating to, or bordering on the sea
sharda piece or fragment of a brittle substance
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