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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renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
sensuousof or relating to the senses or sensible objects
tangentialtouching lightly : incidental
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
efficacythe power to produce an effect
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
wringto squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid
sluran insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion