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 |
|---|---|
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| shambles | a meat market |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |