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 |
|---|---|
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| noisome | noxious |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |