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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |