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beneficent

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore B words

doing or producing good, especially through generosity

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Beneficent in a sentence

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The beneficent foundation built schools in dozens of villages.

Antonyms
malevolentselfish

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Once a blank supporter of the policy, the governor now denounces it at every opportunity, embarrassed that she ever endorsed it.

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Beneficent (adjective) means doing or producing good, especially through generosity
Here is beneficent used in an example sentence: "The beneficent foundation built schools in dozens of villages."
Common synonyms for beneficent include charitable, benevolent, magnanimous, munificent.
Antonyms of beneficent include malevolent, selfish.
Beneficent is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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