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benefaction

nounCommon GRE wordMore B words

a charitable gift or an act of generous giving

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In a sentence

Benefaction in a sentence

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The college library was built through the benefaction of a single alumnus.

Synonyms
donationgiftendowment
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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Benefaction (noun) means a charitable gift or an act of generous giving
Here is benefaction used in an example sentence: "The college library was built through the benefaction of a single alumnus."
Common synonyms for benefaction include donation, gift, endowment.
Benefaction is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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