GRE Word List
PLATITUDE
the quality or state of being dull or insipid
The meaning of the word platitude is the quality or state of being dull or insipid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |