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culmination

nounCommon GRE wordMore C words

the highest or final point reached after a development

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Culmination in a sentence

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The award was the culmination of decades of patient research.

Synonyms
climaxpeakpinnacleapex
Antonyms
beginningstartnadir

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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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Culmination (noun) means the highest or final point reached after a development
Here is culmination used in an example sentence: "The award was the culmination of decades of patient research."
Common synonyms for culmination include climax, peak, pinnacle, apex.
Antonyms of culmination include beginning, start, nadir.
Culmination is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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