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 |
|---|---|
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |