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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WordMeaning
contortionsto twist in a violent manner
lookoutone engaged in keeping watch : watchman
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
prosperousauspicious
claustrophobiaabnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
wreakbring about
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
allocateto apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic