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 |
|---|---|
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |