GRE Word List
HACKNEYED
lacking in freshness or originality
The meaning of the word hackneyed is lacking in freshness or originality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| desperate | having lost hope |