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GRE Vocab Group 6
Boring/Bland/Indifferent/Neutral
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General Vocab
Graduate
11/11/2009

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Term

disinterested

adj.

Definition

free of bias or self-interest; impartial

 

Syn: aloof; candid; dispassionate; perfunctory; unconcerned

 

Ant: biased, passionate, prejudiced

Term

fatuous

adj.

Definition

foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly

 

Syn: absurd, asinine, foolish, puerile, vacuous

 

Ant: aware, bright, sensible

Term

hackneyed

adj.

Definition

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

 

Syn: banal, common, obsolete, quotidian, stale, trite

 

Ant: fresh, new, original, uncommon

Term

insipid

adj.

Definition

without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

 

Syn: banal, inane, innocuous, jejune, mundane, prosaic, tenuous

 

Ant: exciting, interesting, pleasing

Term

inured

adj.

Definition

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

 

Syn: acclimated, familiarized, sesasoned, toughened, trained

 

Ant: unaccustomed

Term

jejune

adj.

Definition

without interest or significance; dull; inspid

 

Syn: banal, childish, dull, inane, trite, vapid

Term

perfunctory

adj.

Definition

cursory; done without care or interest

 

Syn: apathetic, cursory, indifferent, superficial

 

Ant: careful, precise, thoughtful

Term

prosaic

adj.

Definition

dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

 

Syn: boring, drab, everyday, mundane, pedestrian, tedious

 

Ant: creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking

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