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abject

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

utterly hopeless, humiliated, or servile in condition or spirit

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Abject in a sentence

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The refugees lived in abject poverty on the city's outskirts.

Synonyms
wretchedservilegrovelingdebased
Antonyms
dignifiedproudexalted

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Far from being the revolutionary thinker his admirers claimed, the philosopher was in fact quite blank, defending the traditional doctrines of his teachers without challenge.

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Abject (adjective) means utterly hopeless, humiliated, or servile in condition or spirit
Here is abject used in an example sentence: "The refugees lived in abject poverty on the city's outskirts."
Common synonyms for abject include wretched, servile, groveling, debased.
Antonyms of abject include dignified, proud, exalted.
Abject is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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