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bard

nounCommon GRE wordMore B words

a poet, especially one who recites epic or heroic verse

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In a sentence

Bard in a sentence

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The wandering bard sang ballads of battles long past.

Synonyms
poetminstrelversifier
Antonyms

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Verbal · Text Completion

The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Bard (noun) means a poet, especially one who recites epic or heroic verse
Here is bard used in an example sentence: "The wandering bard sang ballads of battles long past."
Common synonyms for bard include poet, minstrel, versifier.
Bard is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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