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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ponderousof very great weight
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
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muralof, relating to, or resembling a wall
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
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domicilea dwelling place : place of residence : home
masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable