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 |
|---|---|
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |