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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| conspire | plot |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |