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 |
|---|---|
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |