platitude

Day 24Level 3

PLAT-i-tood

superficial remark

a superficial or trite remark; overused expression

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

banality

Example Sentence:

Our politicians love soaring platitudes followed by little, if any, follow-up.

Related Words

endure, remain

uh-BAHYD

to endure; to remain

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aan-TIH-puh-thee

hostility; a strong feeling of dislike

contradict

bih-LYE

to give a false impression of ; to misrepresent

blunt

bruhsk

rough and abrupt in manner

frank

KAAN-did

frank; honest in speech

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KAW-kuhs

a group of people of similar interests in an organization