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careen

verbCommon GRE wordMore C words

to move rapidly and in an uncontrolled, swerving way

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In a sentence

Careen in a sentence

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The truck careened down the icy hill before slamming into a fence.

Synonyms
lurchswerveveerhurtle
Antonyms

None listed.

Common questions

Questions about “careen

Careen (verb) means to move rapidly and in an uncontrolled, swerving way
Here is careen used in an example sentence: "The truck careened down the icy hill before slamming into a fence."
Common synonyms for careen include lurch, swerve, veer, hurtle.
Careen is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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