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 |
|---|---|
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |