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boorishness

nounCommon GRE wordMore B words

rude, ill-mannered, and uncultured behavior

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Boorishness in a sentence

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His boorishness at the reception alienated potential donors.

Synonyms
rudenesscrudenessincivilitycoarseness
Antonyms
refinementcourtesy

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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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Boorishness (noun) means rude, ill-mannered, and uncultured behavior
Here is boorishness used in an example sentence: "His boorishness at the reception alienated potential donors."
Common synonyms for boorishness include rudeness, crudeness, incivility, coarseness.
Antonyms of boorishness include refinement, courtesy.
Boorishness is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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