vapid
lacking liveliness, interest, or flavor; dull
Word origin: From Latin vapidus, flat or spiritless.
Vapid in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing vapid in a sentence.
The conversation was so vapid that I lost interest within minutes.
The novel's vapid dialogue gave the characters no inner life and the plot no momentum.
Using “vapid” well
Vapid means lacking liveliness, interest, or flavor, dull to the point of being flat. It is the opposite of lively or stimulating, and it overlaps closely with insipid.
More GRE words starting with V
to waver indecisively between options or opinions
the inability to decide between different courses of action; wavering
total absence of thought, ideas, or substance
empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence
a person who roams from place to place with no fixed home
an unpredictable or capricious change or notion
a person who wanders without a settled home or work
excessively boastful and vain about one's achievements
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