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dabble

verbCommon GRE wordMore D words

to engage in something superficially or as a casual pastime

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Dabble in a sentence

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He dabbled in painting on weekends but never pursued it seriously.

Synonyms
tinkertriflepotter
Antonyms
specializededicate

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Dabble (verb) means to engage in something superficially or as a casual pastime
Here is dabble used in an example sentence: "He dabbled in painting on weekends but never pursued it seriously."
Common synonyms for dabble include tinker, trifle, potter.
Antonyms of dabble include specialize, dedicate.
Dabble is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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