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covet

verbCommon GRE wordMore C words

to desire eagerly something belonging to another

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Covet in a sentence

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Every junior lawyer coveted the corner office on the top floor.

Synonyms
cravedesireenvyyearn for

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Covet (verb) means to desire eagerly something belonging to another
Here is covet used in an example sentence: "Every junior lawyer coveted the corner office on the top floor."
Common synonyms for covet include crave, desire, envy, yearn for.
Antonyms of covet include spurn, renounce.
Covet is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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