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 |
|---|---|
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |