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 |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| brink | edge |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |