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 |
|---|---|
| invalid | not valid: |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| exegesis | exposition |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |