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 |
|---|---|
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| spoof | deceive |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |