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bask

verbCommon GRE wordMore B words

to take great pleasure in or revel in something

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In a sentence

Bask in a sentence

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The author basked in the praise of the literary critics.

Synonyms
revelluxuriatedelightrelish
Antonyms
sufferendure

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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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Questions about “bask”

Bask (verb) means to take great pleasure in or revel in something
Here is bask used in an example sentence: "The author basked in the praise of the literary critics."
Common synonyms for bask include revel, luxuriate, delight, relish.
Antonyms of bask include suffer, endure.
Bask is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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