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 |
|---|---|
| realm | kingdom |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| provident | frugal |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| paltry | inferior |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
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