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 |
|---|---|
| medium | something in a middle position |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |