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 |
|---|---|
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| mulct | fine |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |