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begrudge

verbCommon GRE wordMore B words

to give reluctantly or feel resentment toward another's success

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Begrudge in a sentence

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She did not begrudge him the promotion he had clearly earned.

Synonyms
resentenvygrudge
Antonyms
welcomeapplaud

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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.

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Begrudge (verb) means to give reluctantly or feel resentment toward another's success
Here is begrudge used in an example sentence: "She did not begrudge him the promotion he had clearly earned."
Common synonyms for begrudge include resent, envy, grudge.
Antonyms of begrudge include welcome, applaud.
Begrudge is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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