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 |
|---|---|
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
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| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |