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dulcet

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore D words

sweet and pleasing, especially to the ear

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Dulcet in a sentence

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The singer's dulcet tones filled the quiet chapel.

Synonyms
melodiousmellifluoussoothing
Antonyms

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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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Dulcet (adjective) means sweet and pleasing, especially to the ear
Here is dulcet used in an example sentence: "The singer's dulcet tones filled the quiet chapel."
Common synonyms for dulcet include melodious, mellifluous, soothing.
Antonyms of dulcet include harsh, grating, discordant.
Dulcet is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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