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 |
|---|---|
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |