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 |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |