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bequeath

verbCommon GRE wordMore B words

to leave property or pass something on to a successor

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Bequeath in a sentence

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She bequeathed her entire library to the local college.

Synonyms
leavehand downendowtransmit
Antonyms
withholdseize

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The committee dismissed the proposal as blank, pointing out that its projected revenues depended on conditions no economy had ever sustained.

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Bequeath (verb) means to leave property or pass something on to a successor
Here is bequeath used in an example sentence: "She bequeathed her entire library to the local college."
Common synonyms for bequeath include leave, hand down, endow, transmit.
Antonyms of bequeath include withhold, seize.
Bequeath is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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