Magoosh GRE Vocabulary Practice Test

A trite or obvious remark is best described as banality—the quality of being banal or the thing itself that’s dull and lacks originality. Banality names that dullness you actually hear in such remarks. A cliché is closely related, since it’s an overused expression, but the prompt points more to the simple dullness of the remark itself, which is captured by banality. Novelty refers to newness, and insight refers to depth of understanding, neither of which fits a banal remark.