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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |