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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excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
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fulsomecharacterized by abundance : copious
sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
invoketo petition for help or support
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palmany of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity