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 |
|---|---|
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |