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arrant

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

complete and utter, usually in a negative sense

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Arrant in a sentence

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His claim of innocence was arrant nonsense, and everyone knew it.

Synonyms
utterdownrightunmitigated
Antonyms
partialslightmild

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Arrant (adjective) means complete and utter, usually in a negative sense
Here is arrant used in an example sentence: "His claim of innocence was arrant nonsense, and everyone knew it."
Common synonyms for arrant include utter, downright, unmitigated.
Antonyms of arrant include partial, slight, mild.
Arrant is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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