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clamber

verbCommon GRE wordMore C words

to climb or move with difficulty, using both the hands and feet

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Clamber in a sentence

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The children clambered over the rocky hillside to reach the hidden cave.

Synonyms
scrambleclimbscalecrawl
Antonyms
descendslidedrop

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Clamber (verb) means to climb or move with difficulty, using both the hands and feet
Here is clamber used in an example sentence: "The children clambered over the rocky hillside to reach the hidden cave."
Common synonyms for clamber include scramble, climb, scale, crawl.
Antonyms of clamber include descend, slide, drop.
Clamber is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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