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 |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |